Image processing apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohide Oka
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus receives print data from a print data source through a connection section connected to a network, interprets the language of the received print data and develops the data, and creates a first image data from the developed print data. The apparatus reads an image from a document to be copied, and creates a second image data. The apparatus compresses and temporarily stores at least one of the first and second image data. The apparatus transfers the stored compressed data to an image forming unit connected to the network.
Claims19
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a connection section which connects a network to which an image forming unit and a print data source are connected;
- a printer language interpreter section which interprets the language of the print data received from the print data source, and develops the data;
- a printer image generator section which generates a first image data from the developed print data;
- an image reader section which reads an image from a document to be copied and generates a second image data;
- a data compressing section which compresses at least one of the first and second image data;
- a memory section which temporarily stores the compressed data;
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- a transfer section which transfers the stored data to the image forming unit through the connection section.
An image processing method comprising:
- receiving print data from a print data source through a network;
- interrupting the language of the received print data, and developing the data;
- creating image data from the developed print data;
- reading an image from a document, and creating image data;
- compressing one of the created image data;
- storing temporarily the compressed data;
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- transferring the stored compressed data to an image forming unit connected to the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.